Another trip to poverty row with George Zucco. This time Zucco plays an ex-con hellbent on revenge against those who framed him. So he invites them all into coming to his house on a secluded fog-covered island. This is Zucco's show the whole way. He brings a touch of class to everything while also being menacing. He always elevated the films he was in, even when they were made by crummy studios. Lionel Atwill, Jerome Cowan, and Veda Ann Borg are all good. John Whitney and Sharon Douglas are the obligatory 'young romance' subplot. Whitney couldn't be more bland if he tried. Unfortunately the frequent cuts away from the main story to focus the boring romance hurt any chance of building suspense. It's a passable old dark house movie with a nice cast, some decent atmosphere, and the usual creaks & groans one expects from movies that have lapsed into public domain, particularly those of the poverty row studios.
Review of Fog Island
